Information About
Configuration Management

The
Cisco Nexus 1000V enables you to change the switch name,
configure messages of the day, and display, save, and erase configuration
files.

Changing the Switch Name

Use this procedure to change the switch name or prompt from the default (switch#) to another character string.

If the VSM is connected to the OpenStack controller, then this procedure also changes the Dynamic Vectoring and Streaming
(DVS) engine that the VSM is managing. If you make an error when renaming the DVS, a syslog is generated and the DVS on the OpenStack controller continues to use the old DVS name.

Before You Begin

Before beginning this procedure, you must be logged in to the CLI in configuration mode.

Procedure

Command or Action

Purpose

Step 1

switch(config)#
switchname

Changes the switch prompt.

switch(config)# switchname metro
metro(config)# exit
metro#

Configuring a Message of the Day

Use this procedure to configure a message of the day (MOTD) to display before the login prompt on the terminal when a user logs in.

The banner message can be up to 40 lines with up to 80 characters per line.

Use the following guidelines when choosing your delimiting character:

Do not use the delimiting-character in the message string.

Do not use " and % as delimiters.

The following tokens can be used in the the message of the day:

$(hostname) displays the host name for the switch.

$(line) displays the vty or tty line or name.

Before You Begin

Before beginning this procedure, you must be logged in to the CLI in configuration mode.